Blindsided by the Taliban: Journalist & Postindustrial media co-founder Carmen Gentile S02EP14

We Can Be - The Heinz Endowments · Oct 2, 2019 · 33m

In 2010, journalist and Postindustrial media co-founder Carmen Gentile was embedded with the 32 Calvary regiment in eastern Afghanistan when he was struck in the right side of the face by a rocket-propelled grenade.

Carmen details the moment he was blinded in his right eye – and the ensuing years of heartbreak and healing, including his return to Afghanistan and his decision to make Pittsburgh his base – in his 2018 book “Blindsided by the Taliban: A Journalist’s Story of War, Trauma, Love and Loss.”

In this conversation with “We Can Be” host Grant Oliphant, Carmen gives his frank, first-hand…